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Newspaper
Oak Park Vindicator
Location
Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1899
Page
8
A discussion of graduation attire across schools notes white dresses for some, white muslin or black alpaca gowns, and varying class votes on color, neckwear, and gloves. Mothers’ influence and home sewing options shape choice, with patterns and ready made robes priced high or affordable.
The article traces the evolving role of academic dress from a symbol of civil authority to a fashionable statement for women and men. It notes gowns worn by clerics, judges, professors, and students, with color and hood indicating degrees, and highlights specific styling examples from a New York University law school graduate and current fashion trends in organdie and dotted muslin dresses.
The London Mail notes German soldiers' rigorous swimming training. Recruits first swim in ordinary gear then with full kit and rifle, reflecting a practical approach to warfare fitness. A photograph depicts a rifle‑carrying diver during the drill.
A Boston shoe maker explains that girls under 17 have large fat feet and need larger boots. Around 22 feet shrink with firmer flesh and stronger tendons, then settle. after 40 feet may widen again. He notes cycling rarely changes size and staff adjust by making boots fuller, not longer.
A playful exchange in the Philadelphia Bulletin features Mamie puzzled by Mr Stammerly who tries to convey a tongue twisting message about eighty eight attending a late tete-a-tete, reflecting local humor.
A giddy girl proves a merry companion but a poor life partner. The tale contrasts cheerful social ease with marital disappointment, noting how charm fades into unrest within a household.
Notes praise Peruna as essential for women. Mrs McKee Rankin endorses the remedy and urges every woman to keep a bottle. Mrs Eliza Wilke credits Peruna with restoring appetite and health after years of illness. The text promotes Dr Hartman’s book Health and Beauty with medical insights on women’s ailments. Free copies on catarrh available from Dr Hartman, Columbus Ohio.
The layka a Russian bear pointer helps locate bears martens squirrels and birds. A rough coated plucky dog tracks scents from dens and chases bears from lairs guiding the hunter to fire. The dog may be injured or killed but saves its owner by worrying the bear.
A Chicago Record snippet captures rustic banter about city life and a couple planning a morning train trip to town. The exchange highlights contrasts between the quiet countryside and urban bustle through humorous chatter about family and daily routines.
This brief ad promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder claimed to cure swollen smarting burning and sweating feet bunions and coins. It urges shaking into shoes sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents with free samples and lists Allen S. Olmsted as the address in LeRoy New York.
A fragment depicts a dialogue about marriage with a father asking if the proposer loves the daughter for herself. The suitor answers he will not require the daughter's relatives to live with them if they wed.
The Maple Leaf Route of Chicago Great Western Ry shows a fourth week May 1899 increase of 26232.01 dollars. Total fiscal year rise since July 1 reaches 425821.18 dollars.
A waiter jokes that after being asked for the bill, they will bring it up on the freight elevator, adding a humorous exchange about service speed.
An advertisement touts Kemp's Balsam as a cure for coughing and consumption with a free sample bottle offer. It markets 25 and 50 cent bottles and urges immediate purchase to avoid dangerous delays.
The article states the skeleton of an average man weighs twenty pounds while a woman's skeleton weighs about six pounds less.
General A. 8. Kimball of the U S Army thanks Lyman McCarty, B&O Assistant General Passenger Agent in New York, for prompt troop movements over the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad during the past year. He notes reliance on data was often insufficient and praises the line’s efforts. The note ends with a Theodore Parker quote and a zoological fact about the Erebus strix moth.
A hunter recounts feats of grizzly strength in the coast mountains near Hudson Bay. He describes a crippled forepaw bear pulling 1100 pounds up a precipice, cows felled by a single forepaw blow, and a moonlit chase where a bear carried a dead cow for miles to her cub before the hunter shot her. The cow weighed about 200 pounds and the bear around 450.
A Maine resident creates a natural dry dock on the St Croix River above Calais. At high tide twenty five feet rise, a narrow stream inlet becomes a workable channel. He excavates the bed, lays stone walls, installs sills and lock gates, and pipes water at low tide to drain the dock.
The rat’s tail is praised as a remarkable prehensile appendage by naturalist Cuvier. It has more muscles than the human hand and acts as a balancing tool. The tail helps rats crawl narrow ledges and can serve as a spring to reach heights otherwise inaccessible.
A new preparation named Grain-O, made from pure grains, is sold in grocery stores as a coffee substitute. It is said to suit delicate stomachs and be affordable at 15 and 25 cents per package. Children may drink it with benefit.
The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway issues a charming book for summer tourists. It offers entertaining and instructive content and will be mailed free on request to I M Byron Chicago or A J Smith Cleveland.
A child in the upper city section, daughter of a General Otis officer, was taken to dinner. When asked where her father was, she replied he was away fighting the Philistines in the East, illustrating wartime rhetoric among youngsters.
The Richmond B Y P A announces a round trip by the Big Four and Chesapeake & Ohio from July 13 to 16 with tickets on sale July 11 12 13. Return valid until July 31 and may be extended to August 15. For pamphlets contact J C Tucker G N A 234 Clark St Chicago.
The Duchess of York is an avid parasol collector with at least 100 pieces. Each parasol features unique designs chosen to harmonize color with her outfits and hats.
Philadelphia Bulletin humor sketch notes Bughby venting about his wife and a joke about things going in one ear and out the other.
A comic exchange shows a guest, a wealthy traveler, planning a three week stay at a summer hotel. The clerk directs the millionaire to room 411, highlighting the guest’s extended visit as the punchline.
A landlady describes a border ruffian from Chicago as a man who eats with his knife, illustrating a rough visitor by the neat savage habit observed at table.
A quotation contrasts cowardice vanity and conscience asking questions of safety prudence and popularity. It ponders whether decisions are safe politic or popular versus right. The line credits Punshon as author.
Miscellaneous antiquated claims advertise Russian Medicine Co. Litchfield Michigan products abroad and locally. Claims include cures for fits pain and coughs, with testimonials and prices. mentions Arch Philadelphia address and Sydney New South Wales plant. Includes a needle machine production statistic and various consumer remedies.
A woman describes two years of back pain heavy menses leucorrhea and infertility. After trying medicines and a physician she writes to Lydia E Pinkham advising her Vegetable Compound, which she credits with pregnancy and ongoing use. The letter from Marsa Cons Gilson of Yates Manistee Michigan notes the prompt reply and strong benefit.
A testimonial from Mars S. Barn Art New Castle Pa describes long illness after marriage including womb prolapse leucorrhea back pains dyspepsia and nervous stomach tremors. After using the medicine she reports complete relief and renewed quality of life.
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